Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] be [adv] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she hid it well , she mused , even if her awe was n't for his title , but for the man . |
| 2 | Her love was always for her people , and the quotations from her historic speeches ( which are not set to music ) represent her carefully-chosen communications to them . |
| 3 | I dare to go further : some of the most gifted and earnest among my contemporaries — I think of Edgar Dowers in the United States and Geoffrey Hill in the United Kingdom ( though I except Hill 's wonderful Mercian Hymns ) — fall short of pleasing me as they might , because they seem not to have followed this rule of thumb , and their language is habitually for my taste a shade , or several shades , too grandiloquent or ‘ literary ’ . |
| 4 | Terry 's theme is seasonable but his ideas are not for your living room or Christmas tree — they are for your partywear . |
| 5 | It was typical of him that , immediately following the accident , his concern was not for his own injuries but for his horse Mr Brooks . |
| 6 | My lord of Gloucester displays the utmost affection for his nephews — his care is solely for their welfare and he judges that Prince Richard 's place at this auspicious time is with the king his brother . |